megapolis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mega- (“great”) + -polis (“city”), from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).[1]
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[edit]Noun
[edit]megapolis (plural megapolises or megapoleis)
- A very large city or urban complex; a metropolis.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “megapolis, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2001; “megapolis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.